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The Queer Shelf Book Club E1 | "Blessings" - A Novel 📚

• Käshavíyah BenIsrael • Episode 6

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In this Queer Shelf Book Club episode, we discuss Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh — a tender, heartbreaking novel about queer love, survival, and longing in a world that makes softness dangerous.

Through excerpts and reflection, we explore Obiefuna’s journey from boyhood to adulthood, first love and chosen family, and what it means to love openly when safety is never guaranteed.

Blessings asks a simple, devastating question:
Is it better to have loved and lost — or never have loved at all?

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